Moor Hall

Moor Hall is a house dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries, with substantial additions and alterations made in the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Originally a hall house, it has evolved into an irregular U-shaped plan.

The main block is timber-framed, featuring close studding with diagonal braces and 20th-century brick nogging, while the ground floor is constructed of lias rubble. The front facade is divided into left, central, and right wings, the left wing dating to the 17th century, a wider 19th-century wing is attached, the centre possibly to the 17th century, and the right wing from the mid-19th century. The building is faced with regular coursed lias and limestone dressings, including wider courses and a plinth on the 17th-century wing. Tile roofs cover the structure, incorporating some old tiles, and stone stacks are complemented by brick shafts.

The house has two storeys and an attic, with a four-window front. The recessed central entrance features a 20th-century glazed door. Leaded light casements are present, with two-light windows on the left side, a three-light window above the entrance, and transoms to the first floor. The projecting wings have four-light, chamfered stone mullioned windows with hood moulds, primarily from the 19th century. One wing has king mullions and a blocked two-light attic mullion. A projecting stack is positioned centrally. A timber-framed gable is visible above the roofline.

The garden front features 19th-century casements with glazing bars, with three windows on the ground floor and two larger windows on the first floor. At the rear, a massive external stack is present. One end wall has early 19th-century scored stucco to the first floor and gable, along with two two-light leaded casements with hood moulds to the first floor and one to the attic. A moulded wall plate bracket is also visible.

Inside, the entrance hall contains a timber screen with cusped braces and diagonal braces above, where infill has been removed; this is believed to be part of a 16th-century hall before it was subdivided. A 16th-century plank and batten kitchen door retains its original lock and traces of a lozenge pattern. The kitchen includes a broad, chamfered ceiling beam and a portion of a 17th-century panel door. The dining room, formerly part of the original hall, has a high ceiling with heavy chamfered beams forming panels, a restored open fireplace, and a connected room with a 17th-century eight-panelled door. A straight flight staircase has exposed framing at the top. Bedrooms include one with a four-centred arched fireplace and early 17th-century panelling, and another with stop-chamfered ceiling beams arranged crosswise. Other rooms reveal a lower portion of a moulded arch brace. The attic contains broad old floorboards and a purlin carved with a fish or dragon.